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Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The needy universe of social media parents
When parents suck up to their kids in public, the intent needs to be examined
11 Jun 2023 12:05 AM
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 staff
In what Meta dubs as its "most difficult change," the company will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff
09 Nov 2022 5:13 PM
DC Edit | Blue tick fee: End of free lunch
The illusory honour badge of a Blue Tick may not be the only thing the consumer may have to pay for
03 Nov 2022 12:15 AM
AA Edit | Towards a better social media
There is too much licence as social media believe they are havens of free speech
03 Sep 2022 12:15 AM
Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it
13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM
Facebook Messenger to get built-in bill splitting feature
The feature could be useful for situations like divvying up a restaurant bill with your friends or splitting a bill with roommates
05 Dec 2021 11:18 AM
No default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger, Instagram until 2023
While messages sent through Messenger and Instagram can be E2EE, that option isn't turned on by default and likely won't be until 2023
22 Nov 2021 4:39 PM
Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
More than a third of Facebook's daily active users have opted in to have their faces recognized by the social network's system
03 Nov 2021 9:15 AM
Meta acquires VR fitness app Supernatural
Meta recently revealed that the studio behind Supernatural will be joining the company
31 Oct 2021 11:58 AM
Facebook Inc rebrands as Meta to stress 'metaverse' plan
The announcement comes amid an existential crisis for Facebook
29 Oct 2021 7:27 AM
India seeks Facebook’s algorithm
MeitY has written to Facebook asking for information around the algorithms and processes used by the platform
29 Oct 2021 12:28 AM
Facebook removes Brazil President's video claiming Covid vaccines cause AIDS
Facebook's press office said the video violated the company's policy regarding COVID-19 vaccines
26 Oct 2021 9:15 AM
Facebook profits rise amid Facebook Papers findings
The company's revenue grew 35 per cent to USD 29.01 billion
26 Oct 2021 8:38 AM
Facebook in India selective with hate speech, celebrations of violence: Report
The documents are part of a larger cache of material collected by whistle blower Frances Haugen
24 Oct 2021 2:42 PM
Facebook plans rebrand with new name, says The Verge
The name change will be announced next week, The Verge reported
20 Oct 2021 12:32 PM
Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance
Engineers scrambled to fix the problem on site, but this took time because of the extra layers of security, Janardhan said
06 Oct 2021 6:00 PM
Facebook says outage caused because of 'faulty configuration change'
The company apologized and said it is working to understand more about the cause
05 Oct 2021 9:56 AM
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services down globally
Several users, including those in India, were unable to access WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook on both Android and iOS platforms
04 Oct 2021 10:33 PM
Facebook halts plans for 'Instagram Kids' app after criticism
In the blog post and series of accompanying tweets, Mosseri blamed the critics for misunderstanding the purpose of the app
28 Sep 2021 5:43 PM
Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to pleas by FB, WhatsApp challenging IT Rules
The pleas have challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional
27 Aug 2021 1:30 PM
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